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Webster 1913 Edition

Resuscitate

Re-sus′ci-tate

,
Adj.
[L.
resuscitatus
, p. p. of
resuscitare
; pref.
re-
re- +
suscitare
to raise, rouse. See
Suscitate
.]
Restored to life.
[R.]
Bp. Gardiner.

Re-sus′ci-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Resuscitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Resuscitating
.]
To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death;
as, to
resuscitate
a drowned person; to
resuscitate
withered plants.

Re-sus′ci-tate

,
Verb.
I.
To come to life again; to revive.
These projects, however often slain, always
resuscitate
.
J. S. Mill.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resuscitate

RESUS'CITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[l. resuscito; re and suscito, to raise.]
1.
To revivify; to revive; particularly, to recover from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.
2.
To reproduce, as a mixed body from its ashes.

Definition 2024

resuscitate

resuscitate

English

Verb

resuscitate ‎(third-person singular simple present resuscitates, present participle resuscitating, simple past and past participle resuscitated)

  1. (transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
    to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants
  2. (intransitive) To regain consciousness.

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Translations

Adjective

resuscitate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Restored to life.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gardiner to this entry?)

Italian

Verb

resuscitate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of resuscitare
  2. second-person plural imperative of resuscitare
  3. feminine plural of resuscitato

Latin

Verb

resuscitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of resuscitō

Etymology

From Latin resuscitatus, past participle of resuscitare ‎(“to raise up again, revive”), from re- ‎(“again”) + suscitare ‎(“to raise up”), from sub- ‎(“up, under”) + citare ‎(“to summon, rouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

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